Name: The Story of Jane
ISBN: 9780226424217

Laura Kaplan

In the four years before the Supreme Court's 1973 Roe versus Wade decision, women seeking abortions had to subject themelves to illegal, unregulated abortionists. This study reveals the presence of a secret organization, code-named Jane, which provided an alternative. Here the women tell their own stories.

The Legendary Underground Feminist Abortion Service

The Story of Jane

Monicap

Really informative book about a piece of women's history in the US I obviously wasn't taught about in school.

Before abortion was legalized in the US in 1973, women sought out illegal abortions. This book tells the story of how the service known as Jane came about kind of by accident when a woman ended up connecting a friend to an abortionist and how it grew from there. And how it became a women's empowerment organization as much as an abortion service.

Seeing as how the US is about to overturn the decision that made abortion legal, I think this is vital history for everyone to be as informed as possible, even though post-Roe America will probably be much more hostile to people seeking and providing abortions than even pre-Roe America was.

Amazing radical boots on the ground work. Fantastic insight on running an independent, underground organization focused on liberation and choice. Can’t believe I hadn’t heard about JANE before. A wild read in 2022 post Roe v Wade overturn. 

Bowie 

Lindy

An extraordinary history by one of its members, this is the first account of Jane's evolution, the conflicts within the group, and the impact its work had both on the women it helped and the members themselves. This book stands as a compelling testament to a woman's most essential freedom--control over her own body--and to the power of women helping women.

The Story of Jane The Legendary Underground Feminist Abortion Service

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